Catch up on IFF news, read stories about community development projects across the Midwest, and gain insight from our team.

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January 18, 2022
Photo Tour: The Marygrove Early Education Center Puts Young Learners at the Center of Community Revitalization
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December 31, 2021
December 2021 Loan Round-up
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Grand Avenue Market sign in Plains, Kansas
December 14, 2021
Grand Avenue Market: A 20-Year Quest to Re-establish a Local Grocery Store in Rural Kansas
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December 14, 2021
Full Circle Communities and Christian Community Health Center Take on Link Between Health and Housing in South Suburban Chicago
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RecycleForce Groundbreaking
December 14, 2021
Indianapolis Social Enterprise Begins Construction of $13 Million Workforce Development Complex for Returning Citizens
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Headshot of Dr. Nicole Howell-Scott, Founder of the American Association of Single Parents
December 14, 2021
“If you want better, you have to change your narrative”: A Q&A with Dr. Nicole Howell-Scott, Founder and CEO of the American Association of Single Parents
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December 01, 2021
November 2021 Loan Round-up
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November 30, 2021
ABC Detroit WXYZ: Groundbreaking held in Detroit for city’s first Healthy Housing Center
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A child plays at the Birth Detroit Care facility while a staff member watches him
November 16, 2021
Birth Detroit Reimagines Maternal and Infant Care with Plan for Community-Based, Black-led Birth Centers
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Sign outside Junior Achievement of Greater Kansas City's Youth Learning Lab
November 16, 2021
Financial Literacy and Career Readiness Come to Life in Junior Achievement of Greater Kansas City’s New Facility
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A multi-purpose room at the Chatham Workforce Education & Workforce Center
November 16, 2021
Understanding that we are a collective: How vision became reality for the Chatham Education & Workforce Center
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UniteWI Founder and Executive Director Bria Grant sitting for a posed photo
November 16, 2021
Bridging the Gap Between Communities of Color and the Health Care System: A Q&A with UniteWI Founder and Executive Director Bria Grant
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Thought Leadership
November 16, 2021
Home-based early childhood education providers deserve to be included in funding, supports
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Thought Leadership
November 15, 2021
Want to make capital access more equitable? Reconsider your target market criteria.
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Thought Leadership
November 09, 2021
Better Together: How FQHCs and CDFIs can leverage COVID-19 Relief Funds
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November 05, 2021
St. Louis Business Journal: Training program for nonprofit groups led by people of color comes to St. Louis
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November 04, 2021
ENR Midwest: ENR Midwest Names 2021 Best Projects
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October 31, 2021
October 2021 Loan Round-up
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October 19, 2021
Milwaukee Community Journal: Seeds of Health gears up to celebrate Tenor High School’s new Journal Square location and a 2021 CARW Deal of the Year nomination
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Ribbon Cutting for Family Christian Health Center's Maternal Health Clinic
October 13, 2021
Family Christian Health Center Responds to Pandemic by Leaning Further into Its Mission
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October 13, 2021
The Night Ministry’s “The Crib” Designed with Both Its Clients and Community in Mind
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Nicole Robinson Greater Chicago Food Depository
October 13, 2021
Transforming the Emergency Food System with an Eye on Equity: A Q&A with Greater Chicago Food Depository’s Nicole Robinson
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XS Tennis' facility with the Chicago skyline in the background
October 13, 2021
XS Tennis Hosts Venus Williams, WTA for Chicago Tennis Festival – A Historic First
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October 05, 2021
Block Club Chicago: Little Black Pearl Will Open A Coworking Lounge, Launch Workshops For Adult Creatives This Month
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RecycleForce Groundbreaking
October 01, 2021
September 2021 Loan Round-up
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September 29, 2021
Business Journal: Ohio Community Development Association Gathers Next Week in Youngstown
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September 27, 2021
Next Street: Are CDFIs embracing innovation?
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September 21, 2021
St. Louis Business Journal: Kranzberg Foundation’s latest hub for St. Louis arts community, 3333, to open in Grand Center
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September 21, 2021
Next City: These Street Vendors Needed a Kitchen, So They Bought One
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September 17, 2021
The Kresge Foundation: New, state-of-the art Marygrove Early Education Center celebrates grand opening
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September 16, 2021
Nonprofit Quarterly: CDFIs and the COVID-19 Moment: Whither Now, Community Finance?
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September 16, 2021
Press Release: Stronger Nonprofits Initiative Launches in Indianapolis, Addressing Barriers Leaders of Color Face in Accessing Resources
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Marygrove Early Education Center
September 15, 2021
Trailblazing Early Learning Center Opens Doors on Marygrove Campus in Detroit
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Neal Math and Science Academy External Rendering
September 15, 2021
Equitable Community Development in Action: The Redevelopment of North Chicago’s Neal Math and Science Academy
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September 15, 2021
Paramount Schools of Excellence Charts New Path in Indiana with Statewide Expansion
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Kyle Smitley
September 15, 2021
Profile: Detroit Achievement Academy Founder Kyle Smitley on Starting a Charter School, Expansion, and Her “Unhinged” Love for Facilities Projects
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September 07, 2021
St. Louis Business Journal: U.S. Department of Treasury awards $275M in tax credit authority to St. Louis groups
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A table reading at the Remy Bumppo Theatre Company in Chicago, IL
August 31, 2021
August 2021 Loan Round-up
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August 18, 2021
MLive: Transforming learning spaces: Program aims to improve access to early childhood education
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August 16, 2021
Transformational New Facility Unlocks Potential for Early Childhood Learners in Kansas City
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August 16, 2021
Columbus Nonprofit Revives Community Asset as Permanent Facility for Teen Mentorship
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Dana Britto BDO FMA
August 16, 2021
Q&A with BDO FMA Managing Director Dana Britto: Building Financial Capacity Post-Pandemic
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August 16, 2021
CDFI Friendly Bloomington a Prototype for Successful Community Development in Small Markets
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July 31, 2021
July 2021 Loan Round-up
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July 28, 2021
Nonprofit Quarterly: What Would Equitable Real Estate Finance Look Like?
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July 14, 2021
Red Clay Dance Company Brings “Artivism” to Chicago’s Woodlawn Community
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Thought Leadership
July 13, 2021
Nonprofits & Real Estate: When to “build capacity” and when to just help
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Resources
July 12, 2021
“Not Here, Not Yet” – When Is the Right Time and Place for Nonprofit Facility Projects?
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July 12, 2021
Profile: Sakura Takano, CEO, Rotary Charities of Traverse City
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June 30, 2021
June 2021 Loan Round-up
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